Senin, 25 Mei 2015

Interview : Basketball Player go on JABAR COMPETITION

This is my interview with Muzami Thahir my classmate who is going on a JABAR Basketball
competition
Me : Why do you like basketball?
Zami : because it's mhy hobby
Me : What is the most pionts you have ever scored in a game?
Zami : more likely 15
Me : What was your best game?
Zami : My best game is against SMPN 2 Bandung because I really hope to win the competition
Me : What was your funniest basketball moment?
Zami : I get slip when I was playing basketball
Me : Have you ever had any basketball injuries?
Zami : Not yet
Me : How long have you been playing basketball?
Zami : Since I was 5 grader
Me : Do you think you will have a career in basketball?
Zami : No, because basketball is just for hobbies
Me :Who is your favorite basketball player?
Zami : Kevin Durant
Me : Are you happy with this season?
Zami : Yes I am



OKAPI


Okapi is a beautiful and unusual animal. With its white-and-black striped hindquarters and front legs . The Okapi species is closely related to the giraffe family, not the zebra or even a horse. Okapi is native to the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Central Africa.

it looks like it must be related to zebras! But take a look at an okapi’s head, and you’ll notice a resemblance to giraffes. okapi is indeed the only living relative of the giraffe.Like a giraffe, the okapi has very large, upright ears, which catch even slight sounds, helping the animal avoid trouble. The okapi also has a long, dark, prehensile tongue, just like a giraffe’s, to help it strip the buds and young leaves from the understory brush of its rain forest home.
Okapis are hard to find in the wild. Their natural habitat is the Ituri Forest, a dense rain forest in central Africa. Okapis are very wary, and their highly developed hearing alerts them to run when they hear humans in the distance. It is believed that there are currently about 25,000 okapis in the wild.

Why does the okapi have zebra-like stripes? These markings, which seem very bold to us, give the animal great camouflage when hiding in the partial sunlight that filters through the dense rain forest. The stripes may also help a young okapi follow its mother through the dark forest, and they may help adults find each other, too. The okapi’s dark purplish or reddish brown fur is dense and feels like velvet. It’s also oily, so water slides right off, keeping the okapi dry on rainy days. Only the males have horns, which are covered by skin and are short and slant backwards so they won’t get tangled in forest branches.

If okapis are related to giraffes, why aren’t they as tall as giraffes? In a rain forest, there are trees with branches hanging down, as well as roots and tree trunks to dodge. Okapis need to have shorter legs and necks to help them swerve around these obstacles. Being really tall is not a good idea in a forest!

Okapis are very shy animals. Their reddish brown-black coat camouflages them in the deep forest. In the thick trees and underbrush, okapis rely on their hearing to warn them of danger. Their huge ears pick up even the softest sounds coming from any direction. They listen for leopards, which hunt adult okapis, as well as smaller wild cats, which can attack a young calf.

Both male and female okapis are most active during the afternoon through the evening. They are important forest browsers, eating 40 to 65 pounds (18 to 29 kilograms) of leaves, twigs, and fruits each day and leaving a “pruning line” in the foliage. Okapi newborns can stand up within 30 minutes of birth and nurse for the first time within an hour of birth.

source : http://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/okapi#sthash.TJ6aCABh.dpuf

you can follow the link below and watch this video if you want to know more about Okapi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0nF2CWroqU

Sabtu, 02 Mei 2015

Lawangwangi Cafe and Art Space

Flower City, Bandung, has a variety of unique tourist attractions and restaurants that besides providing food menu, also provides a beautiful view. One of them is Lawangwangi Cafe and Art Space. I went there Thursday, April 9 2015 with Fadli Muhammad Faruq, Aqiyasa Adiba, Rizky Fauziaty, and Elma Ghaida.

The restaurant that was famous in located in the area of Upper Dago. The location of the restaurant is in the highlands, it can coddle the visitors with a view of Bandung. Coupled with the cool air makes the atmosphere feels more romantic. The restaurant is located on the second floor provides a diverse place. If you want to enjoy nature with cool and clean air, you can choose a room with an interior that is slightly open. From this open area, you can see straight through the green scenery glass walls. If you want to keep warm, you can choose a place that has been provided inside the restaurant.

Like most restaurants, Lawangwangi provides a menu that is not much different from the eateries alike. However, don't worry, the menu at this restaurant certainly have a very delicious taste!
Flavor blend western and Asian specialties are combined with a touch of Indonesian food. Speaking about the price, to eat at this middle high Restaurant you have to spend a high amount of money. For the price range on the menu the food around Rp 45,000 - Rp 80,000 while for drink price range of Rp 15,000 - Rp 35,000 (before tax).

Although it quite expensive, but I swear this is worth it! from the taste of food and beverages are delicious to the natural landscape, which certainly makes the visitor feel relaxed. As the name suggests, Lawangwangi Cafe and Art Space also coddle the visitor's eyes with creative and unique art. Besides offering a menu of food and drinks those are delicious and beautiful natural scenery, Lawangwangi also presents paintings and works of creative art.

A new visitor who enters this restaurant has been presented with a large painting on the left wall and a silver-colored work of art that is unique. There are four rooms in this Lawangwangi. Two rooms are rooms that showcase some unique artwork created by several artists.

A special room provides a large-sized paintings attached to the walls of the room. The concept used in this Lawangwangi is artistic retro style, combined with a bit of modern elements. Because Cafe and Art Space together in one place, then interior cafe also be part of the art exhibition room space. we can also enjoy live music here. It is a very recommended place to go!
Lawangwangi Cafe & Creative Space 
Jl. Dago Giri No. 99, Bandung 
Telephone number: 022 – 2504065 
Opening Hours: Tue – Sun 11:00 – 22:00 / Sat 10:00 – 23:00 
Price Range/Person: Rp 20.000 – Rp 85.000

Senin, 27 April 2015

Dewa Athena

On saturday, 28th of march 2015 the first day of dewa athena created by student council of sman 3 bandung being represented by section 7. Dewa athena is an annual event once in a year where students can compete againts each other in sports to achieve glory. Dewa athena is abreviation of "Olimpiade siswa siswi ajang unjuk bakat dan kemampuan" This one of the event where all sman 3 students have been waiting for. There are some sports that will held that is. badminton, basketball, futsal, dodgeball, table tennis, tug of war and estafet. I'm part of committee but I join dodgeball and futsal too. The first thing we do in the morning is running. we ran all around mini indonesia then we did a colored run where the other comittee sparey colored water to our. then there was the opening ceremonies and some people including the headmaster gave us some speach My class X IPA 8 didn't competed in sports today. So we just watch the other competed in futsal, dodgeball, estafet and tug of war. While I was doing my job to handle female futsal with Vega Allya. I don't know when will the next event occurred but i think it would be the great event because i really want to play futsal even though I don't good at it. I think the futsal compitition will held for a long time since it is the favourite sports in sman 3. I think my class has a good chance to win the competition.

Kamis, 23 April 2015

Earth Song By Michael Jackson

Lyrics :
Earth Song What about sunrise What about rain What about all the things That you said we were to gain... What about killing fields Is there a time What about all the things That you said was yours and mine... Did you ever stop to notice All the blood we've shed before Did you ever stop to notice This crying Earth, this weeping shore? Aaaaaaaaah Oooooooooh Aaaaaaaaah Oooooooooh What have we’ve done to the world Look what we've done What about all the peace That you pledge your only son... What about flowering fields Is there a time What about all the dreams That you said was yours and mine... Did you ever stop to notice All the children dead from war Did you ever stop to notice This crying Earth, this weeping shore? Aaaaaaaaah Oooooooooh Aaaaaaaaah Oooooooooh Aaaaaaaaah Oooooooooh I used to dream I used to glance beyond the stars Now I don't know where we are Although I know we've drifted far Aaaaaaaaah Oooooooooh Aaaaaaaaah Oooooooooh Aaaaaaaaah Oooooooooh Aaaaaaaaah Oooooooooh Hey, what about yesterday (What about us) What about the seas (What about us) The heavens are falling down (What about us) I can't even breathe (What about us) What about apathy (What about us) I need you (What about us) What about nature's worth (ooo, ooo) It's our planet's womb (What about us) What about animals (What about it) Turned kingdoms to dust (What about us) What about elephants (What about us) Have we lost their trust (What about us) What about crying whales (What about us) Ravaging the seas (What about us) What about forest trails (ooo, ooo) Burnt despite our pleas (What about us) What about the holy land (What about it) Torn apart by creed (What about us) What about the common man (What about us) Can't we set him free (What about us) What about children dying (What about us) Can't you hear them cry (What about us) Where did we go wrong (ooo, ooo) Someone tell me why (What about us) What about baby boy (What about it) What about the days (What about us) What about all their joy (What about us) What about the man (What about us) What about the crying man (What about us) What about Abraham (What about us) What about death again (ooo, ooo) Do we give a damn Aaaaaaaaah Oooooooooh
"Earth Song" is the third single from Michael Jackson's album HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I. It is the fifth song on the second disc of the album. It is a ballad that incorporates elements of blues, gospel and opera. Jackson had a long-standing history of releasing socially conscious material such as "We Are the World", "Man in the Mirror" and "Heal the World". However, "Earth Song" was the first that overtly dealt with the environment and animal welfare. "Earth Song" was made for the "Dangerous" album but it failed to make the album. The song was written and composed by Jackson; the task of production was split between Jackson, David Foster and Bill Bottrell. Jackson explained: "I remember writing 'Earth Song' when I was in Austria, in a hotel. And I was feeling so much pain and so much suffering of the plight of the Planet Earth. And for me, this is Earth's Song, because I think nature is trying so hard to compensate for man's mismanagement of the Earth. And with the ecological unbalance going on, and a lot of the problems in the environment, I think earth feels the pain, and she has wounds, and it's about some of the joys of the planet as well. But this is my chance to pretty much let people hear the voice of the planet. And this is 'Earth Song.' And that's what inspired it. And it just suddenly dropped into my lap when I was on tour in Austria." In this song, Michael Jackson not only addresses environmental issues such as deforestation and overfishing of the oceans, but also talks about other moral issues, for example how children die because of a war. Jackson addresses these issues primarily through questions. He begins with very natural images, e.g. sunrise and rain. Thus he immediately seems to set the focus on appearances of nature. But he then contrasts this by the notion of killing fields, something very man-made. This is a first hint at human destructive power. This is not only limited to us humans, as one could assume at the first moment, but also concerns nature. A killing field can be a place of a war, and a place where we killed animals or destroyed nature in order for personal wealth, space and belongings. A killing field (of a war) looks often very devastated and desolate after the battle is over. Nature might look like this, too. Think of a newly logged area, for example. It looks exposed, injured, and defenceless. By combining these contrasting images, the beauty of a sunrise and the destructive power, Michael Jackson implies that this beauty might be gone soon, too, as we apparently do not stop to destroy everything and everyone around us. We even do not protect ourselves. And “the blood we’ve shed before” can be meant literally as well as metaphorically. First, there is the real blood due to wars and hunts; second, blood can also be a metaphor for guilt, for what we have done to the Earth. It is very interesting to see that Michael Jackson addresses God with all his questions. Especially the lines “That you said we were to gain,” That you said was yours and mine,” and “that you pledge your only son” in the next stanza indicate this. However, it is still a very self-centered approach since he says that we “were to gain” “things” like sunrise and rain. I wonder how we can ever “gain” them. It is nothing we can possess. At the same time, the killing fields are also referred to as something that was supposed to be “yours and mine.” When he asks “Did you ever stop to notice/ All the blood we’ve shed before/ Did you ever stop to notice/ This crying Earth, its weeping shores?” does he ask God why we possess such a destructive force at all, why God allows these things to happen in the world he created? These lines are part of the refrain. Line three and four are repeated in the second stanza, line two is changed to “All the children dead from war” and thus creates a direct connection to the “all the blood we’ve shed before.” By talking about children, Michael Jackson introduces the idea of innocence. Children are involved in something without being asked; they are killed without being guilty. And so is nature. Both children and nature are unable to defend themselves. As in “The Landscape is changing” by Depeche Mode, Michael Jackson also admits the Earth to have emotions and the ability to express them as the shores are “weeping.” The effect of this is explained on the "The Landscape is changing" page. Though Michael Jackson speaks to God, as in a prayer or a lament, I wonder if he does not address us, too. If we destroyed (and still destroy) our world, it is our task to recognize it, to stop it, and to do everything possible to recoup it. But to get there, we have to “notice” it first. Additionally, this conflation of God and Humans can be a further hint to how we see ourselves. We gained power over nature, we often regard ourselves as superior, and we have the power to destroy. We are conquerors of the earth rather than equal members. In this, we have made ourselves godlike. Later in the song, Michael Jackson says “What about everything/ I’ve given you.” There, the conflation between God and Humans becomes even stronger. The lament of how we act with regard to the natural world is continued in the second stanza, where Michael Jackson explicitly asks what we have done to the world. He definitely does not mean anything positive. The next two lines (“What about all the peace/ That you pledge your only son?”) indicate that there is no peace at all; it is a rhetoric question, some sort of horror or formidable cognition. Again, this is contrasted by “flowering fields” and dreams, but the frame and the time (past tense) show that they have gone, they are memories. This is repeated in the fourth stanza: “I used to dream/ I used to glance beyond the stars.” I understand this in a rather metaphoric way: to glance beyond the stars means high ambitions and ideals. However, it can also be interpreted more literally. The stars have long been points of reference, but since we polluted the air, an orientation is much more difficult than centuries ago. Jackson further says that “Now I don’t know where we are/ Although I know we’ve drifted far.” This can be directly referred to the lost reference points and the involved disorientation. We went astray, we lost the way of a closer connection to nature (we can’t even see the stars). In a lot of cities, it has become reality that stars are not visible because of all the artificial lights (advertisement, street lamps etc.). Going back to the idea of high ambitions and ideals, Michael Jackson’s words could also be interpreted in the way that he argues that there are no ideals at all, or at least no ideals that allow a close connection to nature. By saying that we’ve drifted far, he makes clear that there has to be a right way, a solution. This right way is his idealistic vision of a world without war, injustice, and harm, a world in which we treat everything and everyone respectfully, other humans as well as nature. A world of peace. His longing for such a world is further expressed in the line “Is there a time.” He asks if there has ever been a time without destruction, war, and exploitation of nature, and/or if there will ever be such a world in the future. By encompassing past, present, and future, he shows that this idea, this time of a world in peace perhaps never existed. Maybe we were told so, but upon examination, Michael Jackson (and we humans) has to find out that it does not. The question “is there a time” is thus the harmful recognition of something inexistent. In the last part of the song, he addresses a lot of issues, so I will only discuss some major points. He speaks about “nature’s worth” and that it is “our planet’s womb.” I think this is a beautiful and apposite statement. As a womb is the place of a new life, nature constantly gives live. For example, it supplies us with our food, and forests clean the air. There are also some religious, biblical references. He speaks about the “holy land/ Torn apart by creed.” Although this does not have anything to do with the environmental issues he talks about before (e.g. deforestation, air pollution, and overfishing), it sketches our moral behavior. Without any respect for the “holy land,” we destroyed it because of personal interests and opinions. We did not pay attention to other people’s feelings and attitude. Our relation to nature could be seen in the same way. Narrow-minded and only interested in our opinion, we destroy and exploit nature, and do not listen to its demands. The very last line (except for the refrain) is important: “Do we give a damn.” This is the overall question. Even if we are aware of the (not only environmental) issues around us, do we care? Are we doing anything to prevent them?

Minggu, 15 Februari 2015

Explanation text : Aurora

Do you know about aurora? Can you tell me how aurora occurs? Well, let me explain it. An aurora (Latin word mean “sunrise”) is natural light display in the sky in the poles (north and south) caused by the collision of energetic charged particles with atoms in the high altitude atmosphere. In the northern latitude, the effect is known as aurora borealis (aurora: the goddess dawn, borealis: north wind). While in the Antarctic region, the effect is known as aurora australis. They illuminate the northern and southern horizon as greenish glow or sometimes faint red, occasionally blue but most often in fluorescent green. Auroras can be seen at night because their light is not as strong as the light of the day. The aurora phenomenon occurs when the sun produces solar wind. Solar wind is a stream of electrons and protons which are released from the sun due to the high kinetic energy. These particles are charged and contain energy, which means they contribute to electricity. In other way, our planet is surrounded by a super-sized magnetic sheath which is usually called the Magnetic Field of the Earth. Sometimes this solar wind hits the Earth. Some of these charged particles lead to the poles of the earth at a speed that keeps growing. The collision between these particles and atoms present in the earth’s atmosphere, it releases the energy that causes the formation of colorful auroras at the poles of the earth, which looks like a big circle around the pole. Why Aurora is only found in the earth’s poles? This is because the north and South Pole magnetic field is very strong compared to other regions. The poles of this magnetic field pull the protons and electrons from the solar wind. So the phenomenon is more common in the Polar Regions. However, sometimes the Aurora can also appear at the top of the mountain in a tropical climate, but this phenomenon is extremely rare. Aurora phenomena have been observed on other planets than Earth that have a magnetic field, such as Jupiter, Saturn and more recently Mars. It is believed to be a widespread phenomenon in the Solar System and beyond.

Selasa, 13 Januari 2015

My last holiday

Hello friends! Lately I've been finished my 1st smester in SMAN 3 Bandung. On 24th of December 2014 I got my report card, and yaaaa the result wasn't bad exactly. I thank God for whatever he gave me for the last 6 months. But who cares about GPA? hahaha. Wait, I care, really really care it challenge me to keep up my work on the next smester so I'll try my best. I was exhausted on my 1st smester but I've been through a lot of precious experiences I've never did before so maybe it was kinda fun also. And as I get my report card, it's time for my 1st holiday in high school. It takes me to relax. Yeay finally🏁 fortunately I didn't get sp on this smester so I could spend my whole holiday perfectly. But realizing the fact that I'm just stayed home all day and all night for almost 3 weeks.. My holiday won't as perfect as I've been imagined. Wasn't it pathetic? To spend 24 hours/day by watching movies, browsing, and snacking for sure. I went outside sometimes only for jogging, cycling, and shopping. The best part in my last holiday maybe when I visited Paris Van Java (because I thought PVJ was the only destination) with my best friends; asla, ririn and luis for having an ice skating. I'm having fun that day.. And my another great holiday experience maybe when I went to my family's villa at Puncak, Bogor for 3 days with my big family. But the next day, the boring holiday cycle start over and over again. Until I realize my holiday will finally O-V-E-R, over. I wish I could go to a place I belong on the next holiday. That's my holiday story, tell me what yours!